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Demystifying Dementia: Everything You Need to Know
What is dementia? Many of us live in fear of it, imagining the horror of losing our memories and our identities. But it does not need to terrify us. A good life can be lived with dementia. In this marvellously informative book, Rose Capp, aged-care specialist and educator, policy advisor and choir-director, tells us how. She shows us how to see the world from the perspectives of people living with dementia.
She reveals the importance of loving engagement, of finding the right words and the best forms of communication.
And she discusses how popular culture can help our understanding of dementia. Through her choir, we witness the extraordinary power of music to transform lives.
Whether dementia affects your loved ones, your friends or people you are caring for, this is an essential book to guide you in taking the mystery out of this condition.
Rose Capp has worked as an academic and film critic, has lectured and published in cinema studies, and is a longstanding executive member of the Film Critics Circle of Australia. As a registered nurse and dementia-care educator in the residential aged-care sector, she developed a special interest in and commitment to best practice dementia care. Rose works as a policy advisor at Dementia Australia and teaches in ageing and dementia studies at Flinders University. She lives in Melbourne.
‘This excellent book will be invaluable for everyone seeking to support the identity, independence and wellbeing of people living with dementia.’ Ita Buttrose AC OBE
She reveals the importance of loving engagement, of finding the right words and the best forms of communication.
And she discusses how popular culture can help our understanding of dementia. Through her choir, we witness the extraordinary power of music to transform lives.
Whether dementia affects your loved ones, your friends or people you are caring for, this is an essential book to guide you in taking the mystery out of this condition.
Rose Capp has worked as an academic and film critic, has lectured and published in cinema studies, and is a longstanding executive member of the Film Critics Circle of Australia. As a registered nurse and dementia-care educator in the residential aged-care sector, she developed a special interest in and commitment to best practice dementia care. Rose works as a policy advisor at Dementia Australia and teaches in ageing and dementia studies at Flinders University. She lives in Melbourne.
‘This excellent book will be invaluable for everyone seeking to support the identity, independence and wellbeing of people living with dementia.’ Ita Buttrose AC OBE
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272 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 2, 2024
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October 30, 2025
Very informative and helpful book on dealing with someone's dementia, whether a family member, someone under your care, or a friend. Opens up a whole different perspective on the disease and how people who have dementia may feel, or think, or be unable to communicate what's concerning them.
The style is slightly dry, and I think it also doesn't always deal with the really difficult aspects of dementia - it tends instead to tell us to do detective work and find out why the person is acting the way they are. Certainly this is a valuable insight, but with my (limited) experience of dementia - a couple of close family members, an in-law and a few acquaintances, I've seen things happening with people that don't appear to be covered in this book.
Nevertheless it's well worth reading, and re-reading, if only to give us a better picture of the issues involved, and how we relate, or fail to relate, to people with the illness.
The style is slightly dry, and I think it also doesn't always deal with the really difficult aspects of dementia - it tends instead to tell us to do detective work and find out why the person is acting the way they are. Certainly this is a valuable insight, but with my (limited) experience of dementia - a couple of close family members, an in-law and a few acquaintances, I've seen things happening with people that don't appear to be covered in this book.
Nevertheless it's well worth reading, and re-reading, if only to give us a better picture of the issues involved, and how we relate, or fail to relate, to people with the illness.
January 18, 2025
A really good book to help push past the fear and worry to appreciate the perspective and experience of the person living with dementia so we can best support them. I would love for everyone I know to read this book.
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August 5, 2024The following reviews have been shared by Text Publishing - publisher of Demystifying Dementia:
‘This excellent book will be invaluable for everyone seeking to support the identity, independence and wellbeing of people living with dementia.’
Ita Buttrose AC OBE
‘This excellent book will be invaluable for everyone seeking to support the identity, independence and wellbeing of people living with dementia.’
Ita Buttrose AC OBE
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